Sirach 21:12

12 Those who aren't clever won't receive instruction, but there is a kind of cleverness that makes troubles multiply. will increase like a flood, and their counsel is like a stream of life.

Sirach 21:12 In-Context

10 The path of sinners is made level with stones, but its end is the pit of hell.

11 Those who keep the Law become masters of their thoughts; fearing the Lord leads ultimately to wisdom.

12 Those who aren't clever won't receive instruction, but there is a kind of cleverness that makes troubles multiply. will increase like a flood, and their counsel is like a stream of life.

13 The knowledge of the wise

14 The mind of a fool is like a broken jar: it can't hold knowledge.